Trump Voter List, Mail-In Ballot Directives Blocked In States’ Challenge

( June 30, 2026, 1:37 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge denied dismissal and granted 23 states and the District of Columbia summary judgment granting declaratory and permanent injunctive relief in their challenge to a voter-data executive order, holding that the states had standing to pursue near-term election claims and that provisions requiring federal citizenship lists and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail-ballot restrictions for the 2026 election exceeded presidential authority, while declaring the executive order’s five-year election record preservation language precatory because Congress already has prescribed a record retention and Department of Justice (DOJ) access framework....